Three new stores at The Mall at University Town Center

A clothing and jewelry boutique, a technology repair shop and a board game shop are headed for The Mall at University Town Center.

Ciao Bella, iFix and Repair, and Go! Calendar filed retail permits with Sarasota County within the past month.

Ciao Bella, described in permit records as a clothing and jewelry store, filed for a retail permit on Oct. 6. It will be on the mall’s second floor near Capital Teas. Ciao Bella is not open yet

iFix and Repair, a smartphone, laptop and tablet repair shop, recently opened in the Mall at UTC on the first floor near the main east entrance. The store can be reached at 321-325-6111 and is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

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Go! Calendar is a franchise operation with the company headquartered in Austin, Texas. The store sells calendars and board games, and the Mall at UTC Go! Calendar will open on the first level near Pacsun.

Representatives from Ciao Bella, iFix and Repair and Go! Calendar could not be reached for comment.

RAZED MCDONALD’S WILL BE REBUILT

A RaceWay and a McDonald’s east of the intersection of U.S. 301 North and Interstate 75 in East Manatee were both demolished recently.

The McDonald’s will be rebuilt at 6103 U.S. 301 N., according to Manatee County permit records. McDonald’s Resturants of Florida Inc. applied for a commercial construction permit on June 16 that was issued on Sept. 9.

McDonald’s officials could not be reached for comment.

The RaceWay gas station at 6285 U.S. 301 N., which is a division of RaceTrac, was demolished and will not be rebuilt. RaceWay stations are RaceTrac’s brand of contractor-operated stores “which gives a local entrepreneur a chance to become an independent operator with greater flexibility to make decisions about how to run their business and the ability to offer more locally-preferred products,” according to RaceTrac Manager of Communications Karissa Bursch.

The RaceWay property will be put up for sale, Bursch said. RaceTrac Petroleum Inc. bought the 1.8-acre piece of land in September 1991 for $400,000 when it was vacant.